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Install webdav with Homebrew, Nix

Simple and standalone WebDAV server. Version 5.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install webdav

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#webdav

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/we/webdav/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Simple and standalone WebDAV server

Commands and aliases

  • webdav

history

Project history and usage

hacdias/webdav is a simple standalone WebDAV server written in Go. It packages the long-lived WebDAV protocol into a single-purpose server for exposing a filesystem tree over HTTP with WebDAV methods, users, permissions, and lightweight configuration.

Project history

The underlying protocol is older than the package: WebDAV was standardized as HTTP extensions for distributed authoring, with RFC 2518 published in 1999 and RFC 4918 replacing it in 2007 after interoperability experience. That background explains why a small modern server can interoperate with many clients, file managers, sync tools, and applications that already understand WebDAV.

Henrique Dias created the public hacdias/webdav repository in August 2017. The README presents the project as a simple standalone WebDAV server, installable from binary releases, from source with the Go toolchain, or through Homebrew.

Adoption history

The project found an audience in self-hosting and local-network workflows where a full groupware server or cloud storage stack is too much. Its GitHub repository had more than 5,000 stars by July 2026, a strong signal for a small protocol server.

Because WebDAV remains a compatibility layer used by editors, file managers, note tools, and single-file web apps, hacdias/webdav is often adopted as glue: it lets an ordinary directory become a remote-save target without deploying a larger service.

How it is used

Typical usage is to write a YAML configuration that names the address, filesystem scope, users, permissions, and optional TLS/CORS behavior, then run the `webdav` server in front of the desired directory. Users connect with WebDAV-capable clients rather than with a custom application protocol.

The package is particularly useful for quick private file serving, development tests against a WebDAV endpoint, self-hosted syncing experiments, and applications that know how to save to a WebDAV URL.

Why package nerds care

The package is significant because it gives a standards-era protocol a small contemporary binary. In packaging terms, it is the opposite of a platform: one command, one config file, and a well-known HTTP extension surface that other tools already know how to speak.

Timeline

  • 1999: RFC 2518 standardized early WebDAV HTTP extensions.
  • 2007: RFC 4918 replaced RFC 2518 as the main WebDAV distributed-authoring protocol specification.
  • 2017-08: The hacdias/webdav repository was created.
  • 2026: The project was still seeing signed GitHub releases in the v5 series.

Related projects

  • Related software includes Apache mod_dav, nginx WebDAV modules, SabreDAV, rclone serve webdav, Nextcloud/WebDAV endpoints, and filebrowser, another prominent Henrique Dias self-hosted file-management project.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for webdav. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
config.yml/config.yml/opt/webdav.yml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
config.yml/config.yml/opt/webdav.yml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
webdavcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version5.12.0
manager updated2026-06-27
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv5.12.0

https://github.com/hacdias/webdav

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:webdav
Version5.12.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/webdav
Homepagehttps://github.com/hacdias/webdav
Repositoryhttps://github.com/hacdias/webdav
Upstream docshttps://github.com/hacdias/webdav#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/hacdias/webdav/archive/refs/tags/v5.12.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-27T09:51:34Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namewebdav
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

webdav

nix profile install nixpkgs#webdav
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Webdav
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/webdav/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • dufsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-server, file-sharing, http, networking.
  • copypartyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-server, file-sharing, networking, webdav.
  • phodavShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking, server, webdav.
  • netatalkShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-server, file-sharing, networking.
  • btpdShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking.
  • davixShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking, webdav.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment